If I may, I'd like to get a word in this issue...From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:56:00 -0800Now that I'm getting some energy back, I propose that it's time to discuss the list and copyright. Jeroen's legal notice is inappropriate, I believe, so I'd like to propose a new list policy that would deal with such matters as simply as possible...
I have known Nick for quite some time now (close to ten years), and he has always been known for been a man of outstanding character, a great sense of justice, and an intutive knowledge of what is right and what is wrong.
I consider myself EXTREMELY LUCKY to have been able to share with him the golden days of Compuserve. Along with a community of international Sysops, who were tried and true professionals of their fields, and not mere amateurs, he gave shape to online policies in the top information service of its' time. And trust me, we faced A LOT of difficult situations and users, most of whom were ready to sue at the drop of a hat, after being given the slightest message of admonishment for breaking this-or-that forum or Cserve rule. The parameters he helped establish guided us succesfully through some very rough waters.
That, I believe, more than qualifies Nick for being the administrator or owner, whatever you want to call him, of Brin-L.
I have to agree with Julia 110%: Nick, as the current administrator of this list, has not only the right, but the duty to defend and protect both himself and the interests of the subscribers of the list. I cast my vote for establishing a policy that solves the copyright issues at hand, based on consensus of the list. I am in favor of seeing the rules written down carefully and specifically for all to follow.
Then again, as an educator, I will be extremely biased towards the STRUCTURED approach to the solution of this little conundrum. :-)
JJ
P.S. By writing this message, I make it perfectly clear that I am rejecting all temptations to dignify with an answer messages that attempt to address serious adult and mature issues thru infantile displays of behavior, temper tantrums and name-calling which we would normally see in a Second Grade classroom. Have we seen those before? I dunno.. you be the judge.
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